Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Service Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you a system leader who wants to develop exciting new research opportunities in Cornwall?

About the Service:

Following a successful bid for funding from the National Health Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR), Cornwall Council is now developing a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) in Cornwall. 

This five-year funding will enable the Council to build a team with a deep-rooted commitment to growing research to inform our policies and drive our understanding of how to make a positive difference to people’s lives in Cornwall. 

The HDRC will bring together expertise from partners across Cornwall Council, The University of Exeter, The University of Plymouth, Falmouth University, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations, the NHS and communities in Cornwall to build research infrastructure and skills across Cornwall. The HDRC will help transform understanding of our people, places and the wider determinants that have a significant impact of health inequalities in our communities. 

About the Role:

We are now seeking key appointments to lead and deliver this work including a Service Lead for the programme over the next five years of the Cornwall HDRC. The Service Lead will report to the HDRC Centre Director, work closely with system leaders and partners across Cornwall and lead the HDRC team within the Council. 

Cornwall Council are seeking to recruit an outstanding individual to provide leadership and management across the HDRC. The main duties are as follows:  

• Working across Cornwall Council, Higher Academic Institutions, NHS and Voluntary Sector partner organisations.  

• Oversee, plan, organise and communicate the ongoing functions of the Cornwall HDRC programmes and ensure the NIHR reporting requirements and objectives are met. 

• To deliver the project reporting and returns requirements related to the HDRC development year and internal project progress requirement. 

• Ensure all HDRC Programme finances and objectives are managed, recorded, reported and delivered within the parameters defined by NIHR.  

• Provide expert advice and guidance across the HDRC, through the management and oversight of all key major programmes of the HDRC. 

• Day to day leadership of the HDRC, overseeing the mobilisation and operation of a team that will support the development of our delivery programme for the Cornwall HDRC. 

• You will work closely with our HDRC academic leads from local universities to ensure the HDRC is linked into and influences the work of key institutions, collaborations and networks locally, regionally, and nationally, as well as ensuring our Health and Wellbeing Board, with oversight for the HDRC, understands and benefits from its work. 

• The role will play a key part in the transformation process, particularly in demonstrating the way in which research and data can enhance our understanding of our communities and deliver better services and outcomes for our residents. 

• Demonstrate strong understanding of the role that the wider determinants of health play in population health improvement and tackling health disparities, and how local government can contribute through this vision. 

• Provide leadership and vision to a team, as well as working collaboratively to drive culture change and improvement. 

 Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

 What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.

• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

The full role profile is attached here

For an informal chat about the role please contact Eunan O'Neill, Centre Director Cornwall HDRC at Eunan.ONeill@cornwall.gov.uk

The interviews for the HDRC Service Lead role are currently expected to be conducted at New County Hall, Truro on the 23rd and 28th August 2024.

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement or CV to your application. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process

Your supporting statement must cover:

• Examples and experience of working with third-party organisations and partners, which include Higher Educational Institutions, Local Government, NHS, Local Community groups and the Voluntary sector, including how you have tracked their performance and managed them to ensure they meet their objectives. 

• Your approach to management and communications, both internal and third-party organisations demonstrating how you have experience of working across organisational boundaries and where you see the benefits and challenges associated with collaboration. 

• Examples of how you have previously identified and set meaningful metrics against your programme objectives, how you track and ensure they align with your strategic objectives, and what tools and systems you have used to monitor and report. 

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

ABOUT US

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out more about working and volunteering for us.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

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Details

• Job Identification: 700001334

• Job Category: Social Care & Support

• Posting Date: 19/06/2024, 14:04

• Apply Before: 21/07/2024, 23:59

• Locations: Truro, United Kingdom

• Job Type/Contract Type: Fixed Term

• Available Hours: 37

• Interview Dates: Week commencing 19th August

• Advertised Salary Range: £52,253- £63,254